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Giant male insect seen around in the morning (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mammoth

'giant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'male insect seen around in the morning' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'insect' becomes 'moth' (moth is a kind of insect).
'seen around' indicates putting letters inside.
'in the morning' becomes 'am'.
'm'+'moth'='mmoth'
'mmoth' placed around 'am' is 'MAMMOTH'.

(Other definitions for mammoth that I've seen before include "Gigantic - extinct animal" , "Enormous" , "Extinct hairy elephant" , "Large extinct beast" , "Large extinct elephant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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